Maurice Sugar: Law, Labor, and the Left in Detroit, 1912-1950

by Christopher H. Johnson

Book Overview

It was Maurice Sugar, labor activist and lawyer for the United Auto Workers, who played a key role in guiding the newly-formed union through the treacherous legal terrain obstructing its development in the 1930s. He orchestrated the injunction hearings on the Dodge Main strike and defended the legality of the sit-down tactic. As the UAW's General Council, he wrote the union's constitution in 1939, a model of democratic thinking. Sugar worked with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814318525
• ISBN13: 9780814318522
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 10.0"